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UKMideast
/mɪdˈiːst/
/ˈmɪˌdist/Mideast
[NOUN]1
the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
Examples
1. Young men from the MidEast flock to join the rebels.
2. Trump's executive order blocks anybody and everybody from seven very Muslim countries, and the Mideast and Africa from entering the US at all.
3. I've been to Iraq and Afghanistan 36 times, we've got a lot of young people here, the people in the Mideast want the same thing you want.
4. And I'm joined now by Dennis Ross, a longtime U.S. diplomat and Mideast envoy serving in the George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama administrations.
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